The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-15
and the Irish bard tells US in bis own
poetic aimplicity that

So lone and lovely through this bleak wayi
Arc Brin's sens 30 good, or so cold
As not 10 be tempted by woman or goldf
Sir Knight, I feel not the least alarm,
No son OF Erin will offer me harm,
For though they love woman and golden
Sir Knishf. they love honor and virtue more.
On she went, and her maiden smile
And blest forever IL she who relied
On Erin 2 honor and Erin's pride.
And those sentiments, gentlemen.
are jast as true OF the sors OF America
today IS they were OF the sons of the
Green Isle, and repeat again virtu-
Gus woman needs no other prott ciion.
And 80 IL is today with the sons OF
Tennessee. They may smile at vice,
but they stand with head uncovered
in the presence OF virtue. The point
am trying to impress u pom you is
this: Did the ISLANDERS origins'e with
Dalton, or did they grow ont OF the in
discretion OF Mrs. Polk. What might
be perfectly innocent in single wom-
an appears very different 10 married
one. Follow her to the various places
she has been tince in company with
Tom Dalton. She takes music lessons
with him al Whitelsw's, she takes
buggy rides with him to market, she
meets him and spends hours convers-
log with him at Mepken's. ask you
in ali candor, wasn't this enough to
set psople gossiping II Tom Da ton
bad never opened bis mouth, aud the
proof shows that people did talk about
it before anything was ever traced TO
Dalton.
From the mouth OF Mr.. Polk himself
we find that tn se ISLANDERS had begsn
as early as 1885. He tried to trace
them up, and interviewed numerous
people about them, but when he goes
to Dalton and aaks him about 1t he
not only denies 1t but demands that
Polk show him the man that will say
he had EVER uttered word about Mrs.
pix. But l must now pas, on TO an
other part OF thess strange proceed
ings. About the middle OF July, gen.
men, there occurred in the city Of
Memphis one OF the most audacious
outrsges ever perpetrsted in a civil
lied country. / al ude to the banish.
ment OF Thomas Dalton from home
and friends. l was glad to hear DR..
Saunders esy that Mr.. Farley did not
approve OF it, because / know
Mr.. Farley, and l know him
to b, an able lawyer and q
dignified, honorable gentleman.
/ would like for Mr.. Turley to have
been put on the stand. | would have
liked very much to have heard Mr..
Turley's explanation Of this matter.
Col. Gantt-Why did you not put
him on the stand then? You could
have east done so2
Because II was not my province to
do so, he was the friend OF the defend
art and should have been put on by
him. Your ieasons for not doing 80,
do not pretend to know, but | have
said that there was something very
strange about that great Matchmaking
transaction they speak 30 much alb Jut |;
there are generally two sides TO every
question, you have only heard one
side OF this matter. You have heard
Mr. Godwin's side Of IL, but Tom Dali
ton 10 not here to tell his.
Did 1t ever occur to YOU that this
may have been just little different
from the way 1t has heen toldf Sup
pose, for instance, that Dalton had
sent for Mr.. Goodwin up In that room
and then said to him, "Mr. Goodwin,
there have been some very ugly ru-
mors about Mrs. Polk and myself. l
have received few letters from her,
and have her picture here, as you see,
aud expect 1t would be best for all
pa,ties for ms to leave Memphis, but
/ have no money; now, II you will
let me have .about 500, will 20
away" DON'T you think 1t more
rsas enable to suppose that that was
about The way Of 1t? But according
to their own version there was no
blackmsiling. What crime did Tom
Dalton charge John r. Goodwin with ?
What crime did he charge Mrs. Polk
with2 Now, acc riding to the code OF
Tennessee, Matchmaking is to extort
money or other valuable considera-
tion from another by threatening to
expose to the world some crime they
have committed, or to accuse them Of
crime.
Nov, gentlemen, when you talk
about blackm ailing, think other par.
ties have come nearer covering the
case than Dalton. The parties who
got those letters from Dalton by mis-
representation aud false pretenses are
tie parties who have committed
crime against the laws OF Ten nessee,
and II anyone Is guilty OF black m all
ing, II 10 those who have paid the 500
uoder false pretenses and then had a
policeman ready to take 1t away from
the man alter they had gotten what
they wanted, and they found a very
will ing agent in the person OF Capt.
0'H,v aud as long as he may STAY
on the police force, he will never be
able to explain his conduct TO nv sat-
isiaction, and l also hope will never
cease to regret II, for his conduct was
not only illegal, but extremely cruel
and unjust. He hanished this boy
from home without trial, and no proof
OF guilt,
Col Gantt-He pleaded guilty him
sell, and acknowledged his crime.
yes; when he was threatened with
ten years In the psnitentisry by the
very accommodating captain OF pc.
lice"
Mr.. Hedriok, who took this young
man to the depot (but Hedrick, YOU re.
member was only obsyiog the com.
msnds OF his superior off ,et), tells
you that ne made certain admissions
to him, but none of the aimi .sioos he
made TO Mr.. Hedrick amounts to
blackmail by a good deal; and il Dal-
ton had committed a crime, it was the
duty of 0'Haver to have entered a
charge against him and given him
trial, and in not doing 30 he violated
his oath OF office, Now l submit this
question to you gentlemen, isn't II
natural that man treated this way
should feel rebe' Isn't it natural
that hs pnould have fat outraged and
mortified, and disposed to talk and fiud
fault at the treatm snt he had received
Aud II, while under tie influence OF
liquor, he should have said things that
should not have been said, l think
the treatment he had received goes a
10 4 way toward excusing him.
Now, gentlemen OF the jury, a word
about these letters and l am done.
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